![Item #282 White Shroud: Poems 1980-1985 [Inscribed to John Clellon Holmes]. Allen Ginsberg](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/282.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1760975614)
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. 89 pp. Dust jacket is very clean, protected by mylar sleeve. Bright red boards are clean with gold gilt print on spine. Leaves are clean, no writing, tears or marks. Flyleaf has a personal association inscription from Allen Ginsberg to fellow.....
![Item #151 The Autobiography of Leroi Jones [Signed]. Amiri Baraka](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/151.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758037493)
New York: Freundlich Books, 1984. Fine. 329pp. Orange boards bound in cloth. Gold inlay on spine. Price inside Dust Jacket unclipped. First edition. Signed by author. The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones by Amiri Baraka explores the transformation of one of America’s most influential and controversial writers, from his early Beat years.....
![Item #150 Women of the Beat Generation [8 Signatures]. Brenda Knight](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/150.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758034970)
Berkeley, CA 20: Conari Press, 1996. First edition in Fine condition. 366pp. Black cloth boards. Illustrated. Signed by a host of key figures of the literary movement, including Carolyn Cassady, Ann Charter, Joyce Johnson, Anne Waldman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and more. This edition is also signed by the book's author Brenda.....
![Item #285 The Old Ways [Signed]. Gary Snyder](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/285.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761153296)
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1977. 84 pp. Original pictorial wraps featuring artwork by Tom Polly, glossy front panel clean and bright; spine uncreased with only faint edge toning. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page, without inscription. Interior crisp and unmarked.The Old Ways: Six Essays by Gary Snyder, Pulitzer.....
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus And Cudahy, 1962. First Edition. 241 pp. Very clean quarter black cloth, dark blue marbled paper covered boards, in a dust jacket, not price clipped. Dust jacket has light foxing on top and some creasing on head of spine. Owner name stamped on front and.....
![Item #117 Kerouac Letter To Lois Beckwith [Signed]. Jack Kerouac](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/117.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757043904)
An intimate note from Jack Kerouac to his girlfriend Lois Beckwith, written between 1959-1962. In 1955, Lois Sorrells Beckwith wed actor Robert Sorrells in California, though the marriage lasted only a year. After their separation, she returned to Northport, New York. There, in 1958, she encountered Jack Kerouac and soon entered.....
Pocatello, Idaho: Limberlost Press, 1979. First Edition. 57 pp. Light gray softcover binding is clean with very light toning. Photograph of Holmes on back. Red flyleaf front and back. Gray leaves are very clean, no writing, marks or tears. John Clellon Holmes was a writer during the Beat Generation. This publication.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Very Good Condition. Price on Dust Jacket unclipped. 311,[1]pp. Red boards bound in cloth, with black gilt along the spine. Some chipping along top spine of DJ. Pages show slight toning along edges. A book that defined a generation, Go is.....
Pocatello, Idaho: Limberlost Press, 1985. First Edition. 78 pp. Softcover is clean, no yellowing, spine is intact. Back cover has a photo illustration of Holmes. Leaves are clean, no tears or writing. Book is unsigned. John Clellon Holmes was influential writer and early promoter of the Beat Generation. He was personal.....
London: Andre Deutsch, 1968. First Edition. 253 pp. First UK edition, first printing; 8vo; publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket is clean, no tears or foxing, protected by mylar sleeve. Pages are clean, no marks or tears. John Clellon Holmes was a writer who documented the burgeoning Beat Generation.....
1972. Lucite presentation award for "Annual Playboy Editorial Award Winner" presented to writer John Clellon Holmes in 1972 as stated on the top side of the medallion which is encased in Lucite. The underside of the award medallion states, "John Clellon Holmes, 1972". The award is in excellent condition; the.....
![Item #157 Voices From The Love Generation [John Clellon Holmes' copy]. Leonard Wolf, Deborah Wolf](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/157.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758055028)
Boston: Little, Brown, 1968. Near Fine. 284, [1] pp. Purple cloth boards, black spine with gilt lettering. Price on DJ unclipped. Light toning to page edges; faint wear to DJ corners. From the library of Beat writer John Clellon Holmes, with his inscription on the front endpaper.Holmes’s personal copy. Published.....
![Item #260 The Beard [Signed]. Michael McClure](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/260.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1760474906)
New York: Grove Press, 1967. First Grove Press Edition. 80 pp. Stiff illustrated wraps in blue & white with photographic cover. Light shelf toning, minimal edgewear; spine uncreased. Signed by the author on the title page reading "This copy for [illegible], Michael McClure" with a drawing of a profile of.....
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (6 ¼ x 5 inches; 16 x 12.5 cm). Typography and layout in the minimalist Pocket Poets style: clean sans-serif type, ample margins, and uniform cream stock. Wrappers crisp with only faint toning to edges; spine uncreased; interior clean and bright with no.....
San Francisco: Jacob Herman & Gail Dusenbery, 1968. 77 pp. Winter Issue 1968 Vol. 1 No. 2. Cardboard type cover with a photographic collage design. Some light yellowing on front and back. Pages have toning from age. Nice condition all around.This is a great period piece from the beat/hippie/surrealist movements.....
Briarwood Hill, Pine Island, Minnesota. The Fifties. 1959. Second issue. Vintage collection in near very good condition. Minor tears on top and bottom. Very light fading on top and bottom of pages.No underlining. Advertorial insert inside. 156 pages. $2.00 listed subscription price. Classic American poetry and reporting. Inventory: #6.
New York: Viking Penguin, 1985. First edition, first printing. 134 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with silver spine lettering; original dust jacket unclipped. Jacket shows light rubbing, scattered surface toning; book clean, tight, and square with only faint cloth mottling.Burroughs’s long-suppressed early novel, written in the early 1950s and published.....
![Item #93 Howl and Other Poems [Signed]. Allen Ginsberg](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/93.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749487485)
San Francisco, California: City Lights Books, 1967. 18th printing. Softcover. This is a near very good condition, signed copy of "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg. There is a previous owner's notation on title page along with Ginsberg's signature, which includes the date of the signature. This is the famous collection of.....
New York: Olympia Press, 1969. 174 pp. Traveller’s Companion Series. Bound in green printed wraps. Minimal shelf wear along edges; spine tight, pages clean and bright. First edition of di Prima’s candid, semi-autobiographical novel chronicling the erotic, artistic, and intellectual life of a young woman navigating the bohemian Beat scene.....
![Item #294 Jack Kerouac at 681 Lexington Avenue [Signed]. Elizabeth Von Vogt](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/294.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761074750)
Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Edition. 36 [1] pp. The Beat Scene Press. Coventry, England.Stapled printed cream colored wrappers with black-and-white portrait of Jack Kerouac to front. No markings; binding firm. Signed by the author on the title page.A brief memoir recalling Kerouac’s early New York years.....
New York, NY: 1986-1990. A large brown kraft mailing envelope, approximately 12 x 12 inches (305 x 305 mm), once used to ship a book and subsequently transformed into a spontaneous work of art. The recto is covered by a flowing pen-and-ink drawing: a contemplative face crowned with laurel leaves.....
![Item #213 Friendly and Flowing Savage [Signed by Carolyn Cassady]. Gregory Stephenson](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/213.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759553848)
New York: Textile Bridge Press, 1987. 23 pp. First edition. Staple‑bound card wraps. Clean, sharp copy with no noticeable wear. Signed and inscribed by Carolyn Cassady on red flyleaf: “For Jeffery and Betsy, with affection and appreciation. Carolyn Cassady 6/16/87 London.”A critical monograph examining the myth and literary presence of.....
![Item #212 Dear Carolyn [Signed by Carolyn Cassady]. Jack Kerouac](https://columbusrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/212.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759552522)
California: Unspeakable Visions, 1983. 31 pp. First edition, limited printing of 1,000 copies. Staple‑bound pictorial wraps. Clean, sharp copy with no noticeable wear. Signed and inscribed by Carolyn Cassady: “For Jeffery and Betsy, who've been such kind and enjoyable friends. With much love, Carolyn.”This slim volume collects Kerouac’s personal letters.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Very Good. 310, [2] pp. Black boards bound in cloth with white gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Some chipping along the front panel of the dust jacket, with additional wear to the spine. Slight toning to the endpapers.A first edition, second printing.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Very Good. 310, [2] pp. Black boards bound in cloth with white gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. No Dust Jacket. Very faint fading to the spine lettering. Inscribed by previous owner on the front board and endpaper. A first edition, first printing of.....